I've also posted in Multiples but hoping for some advice from here too.
My twins are nearly 6 months and used to be in a reasonable routine, fed together and mainly napped at the same time, and were even ok-ish at self-soothing. They were having 30-60 mins in the morning, 2-3 hour at lunch, and sometimes a catnap late afternoon.
About a month ago it started going wrong, and now daytime naps are awful. They still feed together and the the feed times are ok, I think. But when they go for naps, usually one goes ballastic and won't sleep, despite being obviously tired. The other one gets disturbed (they are in separate cots but next to each other) so I often end up taking one out of the room. Then the sleeping one sleeps for maybe 30 mins (they had been having 2.5 hours at lunchtime).
I constantly have tired, unhappy babies, and I get no break from them. They even do this if I try to get them to sleep in the pram while out - they're less grumpy, but don't seem to be able to sleep more than 30 mins now, so then I need to fit in more little naps to stop them from losing the plot.
I have older dc and need to do the school run, homework, tea, etc, so can't spend all day trying to get the babies to sleep! I need to get them back to a decent routine - help please!